IoES in the News
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LA Times: L.A. will keep getting hotter, scientists say — a lot hotter
By the year 2050, there could be 22 days of extreme heat in Los Angeles, and by 2100, there could be 54 such days, a study released by UCLA scientists…
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New Scientist: Life on the edge: Saving the world’s hotbeds of evolution
It’s a radical new approach to saving nature: don’t obsess about individual species, safeguard the places on the bleeding edge of evolutionary change instead
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Counting the cost of climate change: It’s all about numbers for UCLA teaching fellowship winners
by Karen A. Lefkowitz Professors Kathryn Bickel Goldman and Debra Shier are practiced adding machines. Goldman calculates greenhouse gas emissions and Shier tallies wildlife populations. Both can add a new…
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KPCC: Little rain, but El Niño brings deluge of data for local scientists
UCLA environmental science student Denita Toneva is mentioned during a field research day to mark the area of tide pool she and her teammates plan to investigate.
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Scientists develop method that may predict East Coast heat waves up to 50 days in advance
“The pattern popped out at us really clearly,” said Karen A. McKinnon, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo., and the lead author of the study. Not only did it exist on those hot days — defined as about 12 degrees hotter than normal summer temperatures — “but importantly, up to seven weeks before,” Dr. McKinnon said.
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Scientists Find a Way to Predict U.S. Heat Waves Weeks in Advance
“The pattern popped out at us really clearly,” said Karen A. McKinnon, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo., and the lead author of the study. Not only did it exist on those hot days — defined as about 12 degrees hotter than normal summer temperatures — “but importantly, up to seven weeks before,” Dr. McKinnon said.
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KCET: Parks and Technology: A Match Made in California
Contrary to the old myth, technology is not just something to leave behind. It can help make parks and nature more accessible for everyone.
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UCLA Newsroom: $1.2 million awarded to research projects to help Los Angeles County thrive despite climate change
Developing smart grids, converting wastewater to freshwater and studying the consequences of bike sharing are among the projects
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Uphill battle for California’s native plant species
Largest study yet of plant species shifting with climate change finds ecosystems unraveling in California
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National Public Radio’s On Point: IoES’s Jon Christensen joins NPR discussion on Latino voters
This year, 27 million Latinos in California will be eligible to vote—a 17 percent increase from 2012. On National Public Radio’s On Point, UCLA professor Jon Christensen joined a panel…
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UCLA Newsroom: Steps toward a sustainable golden age for Los Angeles proposed in new UCLA plan
Developing the plan involved more than two dozen faculty members from different disciplines across campus
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Connecting Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: What’s the Evidence?
Q&A with Postdoctoral Fellow Samantha Cheng
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UCLA Newsroom: Why Are Some Wild Animals More Tolerant to Human Interaction Than Others?
Meta-analysis Led by UCLA Biologist Could Have Implications for Conservation Strategies